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A long, long time ago, I used to do very snarky (and popular) recaps of a certain Discovery Channel TV show that purported to expose the seamy underbelly of organized crime in South Central Pennsylvania and the like. Yeah, I’m talking about the Amish Mafia. This was the show that offered Lebanon Levi King Stoltzfus…

So on Friday, October 1, WordPress jerked its “Classic Editor” function away from me, in favor of this new “fill in the blocks and do it our way” functionality. It caught me off guard, which led to a quickie post on Friday. I already had a timed post for Friday evening (my WHCL playlist for…

I’ve seen many things at horse racing tracks.  I’ve seen a horse buck his rider and keep on racing with the rest of the thoroughbreds.  I’ve heard of horses with silly names like Bofa Deez Nutz and Hoof Hearted. But this story takes the cake. And we have to go to West Virginia, to a…

I need glimmers of hope in this COVID-19 darkness. And since Canada seems to have gotten its act together in terms of testing and treatment (a helluva more than the US has, amirite?), the teams of the National Basketball League of Canada will commence their 2020-21 season in December. Here’s the league’s press release. The…

I never realized I needed to watch a post-apocalyptic science fiction dystopian drama until … well … now. Snowpiercer is based on the Bong Joon-Ho sci-fi movie from a few years ago, which in turn was inspired by a French graphic novel.  And from the show’s opening moments (which explains why everybody’s on a freezing…

I knew Apryll Aileen from way back in the day.  During the years when I worked with the Premier Basketball League, and later with the National Basketball League of Canada, Apryll was an employee with the Saint John (N.B.) Mill Rats.  She worked very hard for the team, and always had a big smile for…

On Saturday morning, I got out of my house … I walked down the porch steps … and I sat behind the steering wheel of my car. For the first time in three months. And I drove. No, I didn’t do a grand trip to the Boreas Ponds with five cameras and a back pack…

A mysterious man arrives at the front door of a school headmaster’s quarters.  He claims to have no memory, but can speak several languages and is immediately hired as a teacher for the school.  But eventually it is discovered that the mysterious man is not of this world. And thus begins the two-year, twelve-episode sci-fi…

There’s a lot of things you can do to mentally recover from a broken ankle.  And during those moments, I’ve discovered that watching some really sweet and peaceful and calming videos can help a lot. Such is the case with these waycool videos from a Canadian videography company.  I warn you, you will feel relaxed…